Prior to her congressional career Ellmers served as chair of the North Carolina Planning Board.[2]

Based on analysis of multiple outside rankings, Ellmers is one of the most reliable Republican votes, meaning she can be considered a safe vote for the Republican Party in Congress.

Biography

Ellmers was born in Ironwood, Michigan. She earned a B.A. from Oakland University in 1990.[3]

Career

After earning her degree, Ellmers worked as a registered nurse, as a hospital administrator, as a member of the Dunn, North Carolina Planning Board from 2006 to 2010, and as chair of the board from 2008 to 2010.[4]

Issues

Targeted by Club for Growth Action

In February 2013, the Club for Growth Action, a fiscally conservative Super PAC, launched a website called "www.PrimaryMyCongressman.com." According to the Club for Growth Action, "the purpose of the website is to raise awareness of Republicans In Name Only (RINOs) who are currently serving in safe Republican seats....The website will offer Club members and the general public the opportunity to recommend primary opponents to the incumbents highlighted by Club for Growth Action, as well as to recommend primary challengers for any Republican member of Congress. Club for Growth Action will rotate liberal Republicans through the website to highlight their failed records on limiting government." Ellmers was one of the first nine incumbent Republicans to be targeted by the site, which gave her a lifetime Club for Growth rating of 66%.[10][11]

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Ellmers voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. She was one of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.[12]

Ads

Full history

To view the full congressional electoral history for Renee Ellmers, click [show] to expand the section.

2010

On November 2, 2010, Renee Ellmers won election to the United States House. She defeated Bob Etheridge and Tom Rose in the general election.[19]

United States House, North Carolina General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Republican

Renee Ellmers

49.5%

93,876

Democratic

Bob Etheridge

48.7%

92,393

Libertarian

Tom Rose

1.8%

3,505

Total Votes

189,774

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Ellmers is available dating back to 2010. Based on available campaign finance records, Ellmers raised a total of $1,205,245 during that time period. This information was last updated on May 16, 2013.[20]

Lifetime voting record

According to the website GovTrack, Ellmers missed 31 of 1,714 roll call votes from Jan 2011 to Apr 2013, which is 1.8% of votes during that period. This is better than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. [24]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Ellmers paid her congressional staff a total of $841,597 in 2011. Overall, North Carolina ranked 7th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[25]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Ellmers' net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $-446,994 to $109,998. That averages to $-168,498, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican House members in 2011 of $7,859,232. Her average net worth decreased by 84.16% from 2010.[26]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Ellmers' net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $-382,993 to $199,999. That averages to $-91,497, which is lower than the average net worth of Republicans in 2010 of $7,561,133.[27]

National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Ellmers tied with two other members of the U.S. House of Representatives, ranking 43rd in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[28]

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Ellmers was tied with three other members of the U.S. House of Representatives ranking 15th in the conservative rankings among members of the U.S. House.[29]

Percentage voting with party

June 2013

Renee Ellmers voted with the Republican Party 96.1% of the time, which ranked 29 among the 234 House Republican members as of December 2013.[30]

Personal

Ellmers and her husband Brent moved to North Carolina following the birth of their son Ben and have resided in Harnett County ever since.[31]

Recent news

This section displays the most recent stories in a Google news search for the term Renee + Ellmers + North Carolina + House

All stories may not be relevant to this page due to the nature of the search engine.